Just an update on our house... Got an email from Hallmark today to say our PCI is scheduled for December 7th. I called my supervisor who said handover is usually…

Looks like we're leaning towards getting plain concrete poured... then getting a resealer in to spray a layer of plain colour..
Probably charcoal, dark grey or black...

Our house is coming along nicely.. We're at the end of week 13 now, almost there!
Here's a spreadsheet I made to track and compare the progress between my house and…

Council approval took less than two weeks for us (Brisbane City Council) .. Much quicker than we were expecting!

I've been looking at retaining wall options for a while for our front yard as our house is elevated from the road...
A friend told me about Landscape Tanks where they…

We're looking at our driveway options now...
Possibly coloured concrete ...
Or a saw cut concrete like this:

Just stumbled across this thread again and noticed you have beautiful plantation shutters on your front windows
I was wondering if you're happy with them now…

Hi,
Got an update...
Spoke to the building services manager today. He's had a look at photos, and spoken to those involved. He talked me through the process they went through..
He…

That's just the words of my site supervisor over the phone.
Also, the just with the photos, they were taken the day before they put the reinforcement mesh for the whole…

That I believe was written by the engineer.
I noticed on the first copy of the document it says 0 - 1200 for the first diagram where they wrote 'too…

UPDATE:
Just spoke to our site supervisor. He said that our build was not a standard build and that they had two options in doing that slab retaining.
Either to do…

Hi
Here's a link to an album with more photos: http://imgur.com/a/h7Opl
Let me know if theres any other info/photos that would be useful
Thanks for your help!

Hi,
Thanks very much for your responses. I've measured the height yesterday, at the corner (the highest point) it measures 1.52 metres high from top of slab to ground.
This is what…

Hi,
We just had our slab done last Thursday and it looks great. But I'm just wondering if the way they did the slab edge (retaining) is okay since it doesn't…

Great news, we had our slab poured yesterday... Thursday of Week 3... Moving along alright...
Haven't heard from the Site Supervisor yet, though I have his name and number on the…

Thanks for your times thats awesome! Nice and fast!!!
Earthworks have started on our lot hooray!

Hi all,
Brisguy CONGRATULATIONS!!! Glad to hear you're happy with your home build...
I have good news to report too, we have a start date of this week hooray! Hallmark sign posted…

Hey all!
How is everyone going with their homes? Hope all is well! I'm keen to see pics of your homes if you have some to share

Got a reply from my consultant yesterday which showed some emails he's sent to head office asking for updates and their replies including some emails gone unanswered so I can…

Just checking in for an update...
Its not been 6 weeks since we signed Authority to Proceed and still no final contract up to now, however we did get contacted last…

Congrats on the slab!!! Just an update on ours, we're still waiting on our final contract to come through. Its been 4 weeks now
Asked the…

Hi,
Thanks for your responses and thanks a lot for your help with our home!
I've read this thread at least 4 times now from start to finish and have picked up…

Congrats on the start date and Good Luck with your build!
Still waiting on Final contract to come back, its been 1 week wait so far. Sales consultant said usual is…

Hi!
Didn't realise there was a 2nd page on this thread! I've been checking this page every few days waiting for photos and just found the 2nd page now.
WOW! I…

Hey 1960sModernistHome,
I think you may have missed my second post on Pg 12, can you please have a look when you have a chance? No rush

Thanks soooo much for your advice! I've incorporated most of your suggestions into my plan.
I've also decided on some downlight models for now, which you've mentioned:
I'll use the:
Domus 60°…

Hi,
So happy that I came across this thread. Thanks for the great info and thanks in advance for your help.
I've just completed a draft of our lighting plan (see below).…

WOW looks like the building process has gone smoothly for you and your house looks great! How do you rate Stylemaster as a builder?
Hows your house looking now? Facade looks…

That's great news! I'm hoping to receive and sign the final contract in April..
And I'll take that advice on board about colour selection thanks..
Any chance you'll be doing a build…